China is leading the fight against hidden car doors

One of the products that was similar to Tesla has been banned in China.

Under the new safety rules published on Monday and the Ministry of Industry and Technology of China, cars sold in the country must have a press on their bumpers. The new rules, which will come into force on January 1, 2027, will ban the hidden, electrically operated steering wheel made popular by Tesla – and now found on many other electric cars in China.

The new law states that every door (except the tailgate) must have a mechanical release handle. Vehicles must also have an in-vehicle exhaust system. Bloomberg it has already been said on the new security policy.

A series of deadly incidents, in which residents were trapped in their cars, have raised concerns among security regulators and activists around the world. China is the first country to issue a ban.

An analyzed by Bloomberg Last September he revealed problems with the hidden doors of Tesla cars, citing several accidents in which first responders or occupants were unable to open the doors because the electric door closers did not receive enough power from the car’s battery to function properly. The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a error checking in the Tesla Model Y and Example 3 door handles. Although Tesla has handwritten notes inside its cars, government investigators have noted that the notes are difficult for children to access, and many owners don’t even know they exist. Some US lawmakers have the law he wants requiring the release of manual doors on all new vehicles.

Serious incidents in China, including the crash of the Xiaomi SU7 electric sedan, prompted the authorities there to introduce changes to the EV market last year.

The Chinese government began the project in May 2025 with more than 40 domestic car manufacturers, parts suppliers, and testing organizations participating in the first study. More than 100 industry experts held a series of workshops to find out how to manage it and create a standard for what it could be Technical Safety Requirements for Car Door Handles control, according to China’s government standards organization.

This included many automakers, including Chinese companies such as BYD, Geely Holdings, SAIC, and Xiaomi, as well as foreign automakers, including General Motors, Ford, Hyundai, Nissan, Porsche, Toyota, and Volkswagen. Tesla, however, is not listed as an official “author”, according to a statement on the standards body’s website.